Holder for ready-made four-in-hand tie



J n- 20, 19 N. A. ELLIN 2,869,199

HOLDER FOR READY-MADE FOUR-IN-HAND TIE Filed Aug. 17, 1956 INVENTOR. M79A. EZ/z'n wannornnn FOR READY-MADE FOUR-lN-HAND TIE Nils A. Ellin,Warren, R. I.

Application August 17, 1956, Serial No. 604,764 Claims. or. 24-49 Thepresent invention relates generally to ready-made four-in-hand ties andhas particular reference to means for readily mounting same in positionon a short collar.

A primary object of the instant invention is the provision of novel andimproved fastening means for detachably securing the knotted portion ofa ready-made necktie to a shirt collar.

Another object of my invention is the provision of fastening means ofthe character described, which means may in appearance simulate aconventional collar pin whereby to provide an attractive and normalappearance, which belies the fact that the tie is of the ready-madetype.

Another object of the instant invention is the provision of means forreadily attaching and detaching the knotted portion of a ready-madenecktie to a shirt collar, thereby eliminating the necessity ofutilizing a neckband with said tie.

A further object is the provision of novel and improved fastening meansfor detachably securing the knotted portion of a ready-made necktie to ashirt collar, said means simultaneously functioning to insure that saidknotted portion will not inadvertently become untied, whereby said knotneed not be mounted on a neckband or tied around some sort of frameconstruction, such as has been necessary with prior art assemblies ofthis type in order to keep the knot from inadvertently becoming untied.

A further object of my invention is the provision of fastening means ofthe character described which readily lends itself to a wide varietyofornamental appearances.

Still another object is the provision of fastening means for ready-madeneckties, which means are simple and economically feasible tomanufacture on a mass scale, but. which, nevertheless, are effective anddurable in use.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will ecomeapparent as the descriptionthereof proceeds when considered inconnection with the accompanying illustrative drawings.

in the drawings which illustrate the best mode presently contemplated byme for carrying out my invention:

Fig. 1 is a-fragmentary front elevation showing a readymade necktiemounted in position in accordance with the instant invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary rear perspective of fastening means constructedin accordance with the instant invention and secured to a ready-madefour-in-hand tie;

rig; 3 is a perspective view of the fastener clip assembly, per se;

Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of one of the elongated bars which" formsa part of the fastener clip;

I Fig. 5 is'a perspective detail of another elongated bar which forms apart of the fastener clip assembly;

Pig. 6 is a perspective detail of the clamp element which forms a partof the fastener clip assembly; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view of aslightly modified fastener clip assembly.

it has been found. desirable to provide novel and improved fastenermeans for readily mounting a readymade four-in-hand necktie in positionon a shirt collar. More specifically, the instant inventionis'directedto the detachable securement of ready-made necktiesthatcomprise only the knotted portion and the depending flap atent O iice portions, there being no neckband at all provided for encirclementof the wearers neck. in connection with ready-made neckties of thistype, the usual practice is to make same by tying it on an elongatedstud and then sliding the knot off said stud when it is completed. Oneof the major problems heretofore encountered in connection withready-made ties of this type resides in the fact that since the knot isessentially a slip knot, and since there is no neckband, such as wouldnormally keep the tie from becoming inadvertently untied, the likelihoodof the tie becoming accidentally undone by a pull on the depending flapsis always present. In order to overcome this problem, it has becomecommon practice to either tie the knot around some sort of metallicframe construction or else to utilize a separable neckstrap whichextends through the knot and hence keeps it from becoming accidentallyundone. The instant invention, however, overcomes this problem in arelatively simplified and etlicient manner, since in addition to theprovision of means for mounting the tie in proper position between theshirt collars, said mounting means also function to keep the tie frombecoming inadvertently undone in the manner heretofore described.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a conventional shirthaving oppositely disposed collar portions it) and 12, between which ismounted a ready-made fourin-hand necktie 14 comprising a knotted portion16 and depending flap portions 13 and 20. As will be seen most clearlyin Fig. 2, the tie comprises only the knotted portion 16 and thedepending flaps 18 and 20, there being no neckband whatsoever provided.As will be obvious, this results in a substantial saving of material inthe manufacture of said ready-made ties and further provides a tie whichis of greater comfort to the wearer, particularly in warmer weather, dueto the absence of neck encircling means. it will be understood that theknot 16 is a conventional four-in-hand knot in all respects, althoughpreferably, the wider Windsor knot is used since the greater width ofthe knot helps retain the upper corners thereof in position beneath thecollars 10 and 12. The tie i4 is detachably mounted in position betweenand under collars it) and 12 by means of a fastener clip assemblyconstructed in accordance with the instant invention and generallydesignated at 22.

As will be seen most clearly in Figs. 3 through 6, the fastener clipassembly 22 comprises a pair of separable elongated bars 24 and 26, eachof which is provided with laterally extending, oppositely disposed,off-set wing portions 28 and 3d, respectively, and substantially flatcenter portions 32 and 34, respectively. A clamp member generallydesignated at 36 is provided for securing together the bars 24 and 26,it being noted that said bars are secured together at their centerportions, whereby the ends thereof form friction engaging clip means forreceiving the oppositely disposed collar edges. The clamp member 36,which is preferably made of steel, comprises an elongated strip which isbent as at 37 to provide a front wall 38 and a rear wall 40 in angulardisposition to each other. As will be noted, rear Wall so has a taperedtop portion 42, from which extends an integrally bent pin 44, said pinextending toward front wall 33 but terminating in spaced relationthereto. Rear wall id is further provided with a pair of inwardlyextending integrally struck lugs 46, the function of which willhereinafter be made apparent. The rear wall 38 is provided with anopening 48 which is sufficiently large so as to surround the inwardlyextending pin 44 and lugs 46 upon movement of Walls 38 and 40 towardeach other.

As will be seen most clearly in Fig. 3, the bars 24 and responding wingportions 28 of the bar 24.

member 36, after which said lugs are peened over to tightly clamp saidbars together. In this respect, it will be noted that the opening 43 inwall 38 greatly facilitates the assembly operation in view of the factthat access may be had to the lugs 46 by means] of a tool extendingtherethrough. If desired, the fiat central portions 32 and 34 of thebars 24 and 26, respectively, may be provided with grooves orindentations 5t and 52, respectively, which will function to receive thelugs 46 whereby to facilitate the lining up of the parts and insuringthat said bars will be properly centered when clamped together. As willbe obvious, the grooves 50 and 52 are slightly larger in length than thewidth of the lugs 46, whereby said lugs 46 may snugly fit therein.

The bars 24 and 26 are preferably constructed of brass and may befinished in any desired way to provide an attractive, ornamentalappearance. For example, the bar 26, which actually forms the outermostand most readily visible part of my fastener clip assembly, may beprovided on its Wing portions 36 with ornamental engraving 54 or thelike. Due to the relatively large inclination of the off-set wingportions 30 of bar 26, it will be obvious that when said bar is clampedto bar 24, in the manner shown in Fig. 3, the outer ends of said wingportions 30 will frictionally engage the outer ends of cor- It will beunderstood that in this respect the bars 24 and 26, when so assembled,function in the manner of the conventional collar clip, and the endsfrictionally receive therebetween the oppositely disposed shirt collaredges. In order to facilitate the insertion of the shirt collar edgesbetween each pair of wing portions 28 and 3th, the outermost end ofportions 28 are bent away as at 56, and also, in order to better engagesaid shirt collar edges, said portions 28 may be provided with frictiontreads 58 or the like.

In operation and use, the ready-made tie 14 is first prepared in themanner afore-indicated, and then the clip assembly 22 is attachedthereto by inserting the wall 38 upwardly beneath the rear fold of theknotted tie portion as far as it can go. The Wall 40 is then pressedinwardly, whereupon pin 44 penetrates the tie knot and functions tomaintain the clip assembly securely attached thereto. At the same time,the pin 44, when penetrating the tie knot 16 and particularly the flap20, functions to maintain said knot against inadvertently becomingundone, since if the flap 20 were not so engaged, a longitudinal pullthereon would immediately untie the knot, which as aforenoted, isactually nothing more than a slip knot. Of course, it will be understoodthat the length of the pin 44 is such that it will not penetrateentirely through the tie knot, but rather, the pointed end thereof willterminate before reaching the outer surface of said knot.

Thus it will be seen that there has been provided in accordance with theinstant invention highly simplified and effective means for detachablymounting a readymade four-in-hand tie in position on a shirt collar. Theconstruction of my clamp member 36, wherein it is readily attachable tothe knotted portion of the readymade tie, and the fact that when soattached said clamp member functions to keep the tie from becomingaccidentally undone, are each thought to constitute important andsalient features of my invention. It will be understood that the clampmember 36 could well be used with other types of collar engaging meansrather than the friction means provided by the elongated bars 24 and 26,as aforedescribed, and in this respect, a suggested modification isillustrated in Fig. 7. In this form of my invention, the clamp elementis identical to that aforedescribed, hence no further descriptionthereof will be given, but it will be noted that instead of usingseparable with said clamp element as one unit. As in the preferredmodification of my invention hereinbefore described, the fiat portion 64of the pin may be provided with key or slot means (not shown) forproperly locating the lugs 46 whereby to insure that said pin will beproperly centered when assembled and further to prevent any longitudinalsliding movement of said pin within the clamping lugs. In use, this formof my invention functions in a similar manner to the aforedescribedform, but instead of frictionally gripping the oppositely disposedcollar edges, the pointed threaded ends 62 of the pin 66 extend beneathsaid collar edges and then penetrate outwardly therethrough. Retainingballs 66 having threaded openings 68 therein are then threadedlyattached to the ends 62 of the pin 60 whereby to securely maintain theclip assembly in position.

While there is shown and described herein certain specific structureembodying the invention, it will be manifest to those skilled in the artthat various modifications and rearrangements of the parts may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the underlying inventiveconcept and that the same is not limited to the particular forms hereinshown and described except insofar as indicated by the scope of theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A fastening device for detachably mounting readymade neckties, saiddevice comprising a V-shaped clamp element consisting of a first wallfor upward insertion between the rear folds of the knotted portion ofthe necktie and a second wall extending from said first wall in angulardisposition thereto and adapted to extend rearwardly and upwardly of thetie knotted portion whereby said walls may be clamped together tosecurely grip the tie knot, said second wall having an inwardlyextending pin for penetration of the tie knot when said second wall ismoved to clamping position, and oppositely disposed laterally extendingportions carried by said clamp element for detachably engaging a shirtcollar.

2. The fastening device of claim 1 wherein said laterally extendingportions comprise a pair of elongated bars in frictional engagement witheach other at least adjacent their outermost ends, whereby the shirtcollar edges may be frictionally gripped therebetween.

3. The fastener device of claim 1 wherein said laterally extendingportions comprise an elongated pin adapted to penetrate the oppositelydisposed shirt collar portions, and detachable retaining means forengaging said pin ends.

. 4. A fastening device for detachably mounting readymade neckties, saiddevice comprising a substantially V-shaped clamp element consisting of afirst wall for upward insertion between the rear folds of the knottedportion of the necktie and a second wall extending from said first wallin angular disposition thereto and adapted to extend rearwardly andupwardly of the tie knotted portion whereby said walls may be clampedtogether to securely grip the tie knot, oppositely disposed laterallyextending members carried by said clamp element for detachably engaginga shirt collar, means for securing said members to the inner surface ofsaid' second wall, said means comprising a pair of holding lugsintegrally struck from said second wall, said second wall further havingan inwardly extending pin at its upper extremity for penetration of thetie knot when said second wall is moved to clamping position.

5. In the fastening device of claim 4, said first wall having a blankedout portion for receiving said pin therethrough and for enabling accessto be had to said holding lugs.

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